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  • Canada: Rutter Bags USD 1 Million Order for its Oil Spill Response Radar

    25 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Rutter Inc. , t is announcing an order for its Oil Spill Response Radar (OSSR) with a total value of just under $USD 1,000,000. This most recent purchase, expected to be delivered in spring 2011, builds upon the momentum of global interest in the Sigma S6 system. President and CEO, Fraser Edison, says “The Oil […]

  • Another vessel delivery delay for Havyard

    2 December 2015

    Norway’s offshore shipbuilder Havyard Ship Technology AS has today signed an agreement with the buyer of NB 126, a Havyard 833 WE platform supply vessel, on the postponement of delivery of the ship from March 2016 to June 2017. According to Havyard, the buyer has worked with several projects for long-term employment of the ship, […]

  • Competition Authority: Eimskip Not Allowed to Acquire Nor Lines

    4 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Competition Authority has rejected the proposed acquisition of Norwegian shipping firm Nor Lines by Icelandic transportation company Eimskip.  The acquisition would have “significantly impeded” effective competition in the market for transportation of frozen fish with reefer vessels from Northern Norway to Northern Europe, according to the authority. “The Competition Authority is obligated to block […]

  • EC launches €3 bln call for clean tech projects to deliver on REPowerEU and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels

    4 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders

    European Commission (EC) has launched the third call for large-scale clean technology projects with a budget of €3 billion to boost the deployment of industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe. The call was opened under the EU Innovation Fund, a funding programme for the demonstration and commercialisation of innovative low-carbon technologies. With this call, EC focuses […]

  • NPD Presents New Resource Figures for the Southeastern Barents Sea and Jan Mayen

    27 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) mapping of the southeastern Barents Sea and the area surrounding Jan Mayen will result in an approximate increase of 15 per cent in the estimates of undiscovered resources on the Norwegian shelf. This corresponds to about 390 million standard cubic metres (Sm3) of oil equivalents (o.e.). The new resource figures […]

  • ABS CEO: Nuclear power stands as shipping’s next great frontier

    26 September 2025
    Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Nuclear power should be taken seriously as a credible and scalable solution for the maritime industry’s decarbonization drive, with the potential to ‘reshape’ the sector’s future energy mix, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki has said. As Wiernicki highlighted at a recent maritime event held in Athens, Greece: “Nuclear energy […]

  • Damen Shipyards Delivers Stan Tug 1004 to Norwegian SIMEK

    23 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Less than two months after opening their office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards delivers a Stan Tug 1004 to the Norwegian Shipbuilding company SIMEK AS in Flekkefjord. The Stan Tug was shipped to Norway last Monday on the Wagenborg carrier MV SAMIRA from Rotterdam Waalhaven. Damens first strides in the Northern Parts of Europe seem […]

  • Term of the Day: Carnet

    22 January 2015

    A carnet is an international customs and temporary export-import document. It permits a holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries, for display, demonstration or similar purposes, without paying duties or posting bonds. There are two types of carnets issued in U.S., ATA and TECRO/AIT. The TECRO/AIT carnets are used for temporary […]

  • Norbit buys field monitoring specialist Aptomar

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Norwegian technology group Norbit has acquired field monitoring specialist Aptomar. The Norbit group, headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, is an international conglomerate of high-technology companies with operations in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Iceland, UK, Brazil, Singapore, and the US. The recently acquired Aptomar is an international provider of products and services for integrated field […]

  • ABP, Thor Shipping Ink New 10-Year Contract

    11 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    ABP announces a new agreement with Thor Shipping & Transport.

  • Eimskip Scraps Boxship Order in China

    31 August 2015
    Business & Finance

     The Icelandic Steamship Company (Eimskip) has decided to cancel a container ship ordered at Chinese shipbuilder Rongsheng Shenfei. The vessel forms part of a contract signed in 2011 that entails construction of two 875-teu container ships. The first vessel, Lagarfoss, was delivered in June last year and has served the company well, Eimskip said. However, the shipping company decided […]

  • Havyard finds buyer for PSV originally ordered by Fafnir

    6 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard has found a buyer for a newbuild platform supply vessel originally ordered a few years back by Iceland’s Fafnir.

  • Lerwick Harbour Smashing Records

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The arrival of the cruise ship Norwegian Star at Lerwick Harbour on Thursday, September 25, marked the end of the Shetland port’s best season yet, with two records achieved, the Lerwick Harbour Port Authority reports. Passenger numbers reached a new high at 43,056, topping the previous record of 37,572 set in 2012, with the vessel tonnage figure […]

  • VIDEO: ms Koningsdam Floated Out

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Holland America Line’s new cruise ship ms Koningsdam has been floated out and transferred  from its dry dock to its outfitting dock at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy. At the outfitting dock, final construction and interior furnishing will take place until the ship is delivered March 31, 2016.   “A ship’s construction has many key milestones, and […]

  • WASSP Reaches New Milestone (New Zealand)

    10 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

      Multibeam sonar manufacturer WASSP Ltd – part of the ENL Group – has reached a milestone by shipping its 500th multibeam sonar system. The sale of the WASSP 120 degree 3D multibeam system confirms the company’s position as the number one multibeam sonar system in the world for the commercial fishing sector. WASSP multibeam […]

  • UK government to channel more than $1.49B into maritime industry growth

    15 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The United Kingdom (UK) government has decided to allocate over £1.1 billion (approximately $1.49 billion) in joint government and industry investments for the maritime sector, seeking to expand growth and boost innovation in engineering, green technology and construction sectors. Per the nation’s Department for Transport, the funding encompasses a private investment amounting to £700 million, […]

  • Damen Branch to Refurbish MV Norderney, The Netherlands

    22 November 2012

    Amsterdam-based Oranjewerf Ship Repair appears to be a fast mover. Last Friday (16th November) the Damen Shipyards branch acquired the order to overhaul the former radio Veronica ship Norderney (built in 1949, length 50 metres, width 8 metres). This afternoon the ship repair yard is ready to receive the legendary vessel in Amsterdam IJ waters […]

  • Scientists Launch €10M Atlantic Survey to Evaluate Ocean’s Health

    21 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A team of researchers from countries bordering the ocean have recently embarked on a €10 million project to analyse its ecosystems, from Iceland to South America. Their findings will provide unprecedented insights into how climate change is affecting plant and animal life in the Atlantic. The work will also aid understanding of the impact of […]

  • MacArtney, Applied Physics Laboratory Further Collaboration

    7 June 2019

    MacArtney and the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington have recently launched the FOCUS 3. FOCUS 3 represents APL’s latest acquisition in the pursuit of unexploded ordnance detection. Over the years, APL and MacArtney have worked together on several projects often providing specific system solutions and sensor packages tailored to APL’s specifications. Lars […]

  • Unique System Participates at SMEM 2012, UAE

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Unique System FZE (USFZE), a Unique Maritime Group Company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, announces its participation at Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM) 2012, being held at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from the 27th until the 29th of November 2012. SMEM is held under […]

  • Gas flows from Barents Sea field to Equinor’s LNG hub

    23 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has started production from a subsea field in the Barents Sea that is transported to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Melkøya island for processing.

  • Windstar Presents Plans for New Star Class Yachts

    12 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Windstar Cruises, a leader in luxury small ship cruising, unveils new plans for its Star Class yachts – a collection of three all suite ships joining the fleet over the next two years. Windstar will take delivery of Star Pride on April 17, 2014, the first yacht of Windstar’s 2013 purchase of the three luxury […]

  • Jovo to equip LNG carriers with Ascenz Marorka’s ‘Smart Shipping’ solution

    25 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Ascenz Marorka, a GTT Group brand, has been awarded two contracts by Jovo, a China-based clean energy service provider, to equip two LNG carriers with its ‘Smart Shipping’ solution. According to GTT, a French LNG containment specialist, the contracts cover the installation of automatic data collection systems and intelligent software for managing and optimising the […]

  • Bangladesh: Western Marine Holds Keel Laying Ceremony for Four Tankers

    16 December 2011

    Western Marine, the country’s leading shipyard, laid four keels weighing 350 dwt (dead weight tonnage) each to build tankers for Nurjahan Group. Representatives from Nurjahan Group and Germanischer Lloyd Bangladesh, and 13 honorary consuls of Bangladesh from 12 different part of the world were present during the keel-laying. Contract for building the tankers was signed […]

  • Bangladesh: Western Marine Starts Construction of Tankers for Nurjahan Group

    16 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Western Marine, the country’s leading shipyard, laid four keels weighing 350 dwt (dead weight tonnage) each to build tankers for Nurjahan Group. Representatives from Nurjahan Group and Germanischer Lloyd Bangladesh, and 13 honorary consuls of Bangladesh from 12 different part of the world were present during the keel-laying. Contract for building the tankers was signed […]